With the ongoing writers’ strike depriving me of my favorite television shows, I have finally joined the masses in checking out the vast material on YouTube and similar sites to find some entertainment. Idol Chatter has already covered the irreverent web series â€œMr. Deityâ€ , but I have come across a new satirical web series that is a spot-on spoof of Christian subculture, â€œJesus People.â€ The series is currently being featured on Will Ferrell’s comedy video website, and the Hollywood rumor mill (okay, by “Hollywood rumor mill,” I mean a few of my industry friends who are usually in-the know) has it that “Jesus People” may become an indie film or a full-fledged TV series should the WGA strike ever end.Jesus People Episode 1 on FunnyOrDie.com“Jesus People” stars a hip, experienced comedy cast of improvisational actors, including Edi Patterson (“Showbiz Show with David Spade”), Joel McCrary (“Seinfeld,” ) ad some pretty cool guest stars including Kate Flannery (“The Office”), Victoria Jackson (“SNL”), and Tim Bagley (“Knocked Up”) and focuses on a pastor of a megachurch (think of a twisted version of “Purpose -Driven Life” pastor/author Rick Warren) who brings together a motley group of Christian singers together to become an all-star contemporary Christian music group. ( You can even watch the group’s music video “Snatched Up” — a song about the Rapture — on the site as well.)In the style of “The Office”, there are no sacred cows here and even a little bit of controversywith lines like ” the “devil makes one gay” and the Lord is coming back like a “bomb in Iraq” sprinkled throughout this cheesy group’s performance.”Jesus People” is the kind of alternative programming networks fear, and it just what i needed to tear me away from watching “Celebrity Apprentice” and “American Gladiator”.